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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the white man murdered?
(a) He was murdered on the street.
(b) He was murdered in his own home.
(c) He was murdered at the gold mines.
(d) He was murdered while working with poor blacks.

2. What major family news did John fail to reveal to his family back in Ndotsheni?
(a) He never told them he divorced his wife.
(b) He never told them his son was in jail.
(c) He never told them he was terminally ill.
(d) He never told them he had given his daughter up for adoption.

3. Which character shows the most disgust toward the Absalom’s girl’s behavior?
(a) Kumalo.
(b) Absalom.
(c) The reformatory worker.
(d) Msimangu.

4. Who organizes this protest and asks Kumalo and Msimangu personally to participate?
(a) Tomlinson.
(b) Dubula.
(c) Mkize.
(d) John Kumalo.

5. What was the murdered man most well-known for?
(a) He advocated for a separate nation for blacks.
(b) He spoke and wrote publicly for equal rights for blacks.
(c) He was a rising local politician.
(d) He had married a black woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the family Absalom was living with in Orlando?

2. What is Kumalo’s connection to the murdered man?

3. What kind of protest affects Kumalo and Msimangu’s attempts to locate Absalom?

4. Who does Stephen Kumalo receive a letter from in the opening pages of the novel?

5. What title of respect do most people address Kumalo with?

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